Dragon Promotions is calling this the 71st World 14.1 championship.
It would be nice to see a list of past champions for the other 70 World Championships.
Partial List from World Tournament Program Book
World Tournament of 14.1 Champions
1878 Cyrille Dion CAN First Ever World Pool Champion
1887-1913 Alfredo DeOro CUB Won 29x
1905-1910 Jerome Keough USA Won 11x
1916-1928 Frank Taberski USA Won 14x
1919-1937 Ralph Greenleaf USA Won 20x
1927-1941 Erwin Rudolph USA Won 5x
1935-1938 Jimmy Caras USA Won 4x
1940-1943 Andrew Ponzi USA Won 3x
1941-1956 Willie Mosconi USA Won Won 19x
1942-1972 Irving Crane USA Won 6x
1963-1967 Luther Lassiter USA Won 7x
1969 Ed Kelly USA
1971-1978 Ray Martin USA Won 3x 14.1 Hall of Fame
1973 Lou Butera USA
1976 Larry Lisciotti USA
1977 Allen Hopkins USA
1979-1985 Mike Sigel USA Won 3x
1980-1986 Nick Varner USA Won 2x
1982-1983 Steve Mizerak USA Won 2x
1990 Bobby Hunter USA
Dragon Promotions Revives The World Tournament
2006 Thorsten Hohmann GER First European to Win & First non-American champion
2007 Oliver Ortmann GER Won 2x
2008 Niels Feijen NED
2009 Stefan Cohen FRA
2010 Oliver Ortmann GER Defending Champion